No one is flawless. Making mistakes is the nature of being human. What really matters is whether we decide to learn from our mistakes or not. Even for a powerful country like America, the lesson here is still true. As we have known, America, one of the most powerful and influent countries over the world, experienced a long historical journey before it had climb to the position. However, during the heroic history, they also stumbled into some mistakes that made America faced with the humiliation. As Herbert Croly, a political philosopher stated “American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation”. And I think this statement is totally right but not enough.
To begin with, one of the highlights of US’s economy is, basically, that they know how to grab the enrichment opportunity at a right time, in right place. This expressed clearly throughout the wars. America somehow used the smart tactics that could help them remain their economic benefits. In World War I, at the beginning, America chose to follow “neutrality policy”, when they have no reason to attend in a battle that was not their. However, there were many reasons that forced US to join into the war that they undesired. In 1915, the Lusitania's sinking with the death of innocent Americans was seen that the main external reason that affected strongly US’s decision to enter the war. Undeniably, the “act of aggression” of Germany, when they tried to ignite the fight between Mexico and America, also consolidated the decision. Moreover, the internal reason, as the safety of the “democratic ideology”, was a substantial factor that made the US change the original political orientation. Generally, no matter what the real reason was, the truth was that America, indeed, achieved a lot of economic benefits not only in wartime but also in postwar.
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